Character Traits
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
What a Character!
Idea Box
Clever, generous
dishonest,
friendly, selfish,
loyal, outgoing,
mean, brave
DIRECTIONS:
1. As you read, think about the main character’s personality.
Choose one trait to describe him or her. (See the idea box for
suggestions)
2. After reading, draw the character in the box below using
details from the story to help you.
3. Then, write about the character’s personality below.
Visualize it
Sketch the character here
Write About It
I think the character named
______________________
is a ___________________
person. I think this because
in the story he/she_______
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Character Map
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Paint a Portrait
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the story book.
2. As you read, pay special attention to the main character.
3. After you read, draw and write about the character in the spaces
below.
Draw how the character
looks
Draw a friend or
foe of the
character
Draw where the
character lives
Character’s
name
How do the two
characters feel about
each other at the end
of the story?
Biography
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
The Road to Success
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the biography or autobiography.
2. As you read, look for the important events in this person’s life.
3. After you read, write and draw about one important event in
the person’s life.
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Person’s Name
Draw one important accomplishment in
this person’s life.
Explain your drawing.
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Keep Thinking
Do you admire this person? Why? Why not? Write about it on the back.
Chronological Order
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Keep – in – Time Sequence String
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the chapter or article
2. As you read, pay attention to the order in which things happen
3. Write and draw about four important events in order on the sequence string below
Definition
Chronological
order is the
arrangement of
details in time
order or the order
in which they
really happen
Event 1
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Event 2
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Problem / Actions / Outcome
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
What’s the Problem?
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the story or book
2. As you read, place sticky note beside any big problems that
occur.
3. After you read, sketch and write about one important problem
the main character faced.
4. Then sketch and write about the outcome.
Problem
The main problem was ________
Outcome
The problem ( was/was not )
resolved by
Activating Prior Knowledge
Name: _____________________________________
Date: ____________
My Personal Thinking
and Learning Record
Directions:
1. Before you read, write down everything you already know about
the topic in the What I Know box.
2. Then write questions you have about the topic in the What I Want
to Know box.
3. After you read, write important information and answers to your
questions in the What I Learned box.
Topic: _______________________________________________________________
k
K
W
L
What I Know
What I Want to Know
What I Learned
Main Idea and Details
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Build With Details
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preview the article or book to see what you can learn about the
topic. Read the title and first and last sentence. Look at any
pictures, charts, or words in bold.
2. Read the article or book all the way through. Write the title in the
space below.
3. List the details the writer gives about the subject in the separate
boxes.
4. Add all of the details up to find out what the main idea is. Write it
below.
Title:______________________________________________
Detail 2
Detail 1
Detail 3
Main Idea: __________________________________________________
Finding Key Information – 5W’s and H
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Get Behind the Scenes
DIRECTIONS:
1. Write the article’s subject in the Subject Box.
2. After reading, draw and write notes that answer each question in
the boxes. This step will help you identify the 5W’s and H: Who,
What, Where, When, Why, and How.
Take One
Subject: ___________________________
Who?____________________
What Happened? Why? ____________
________________________________
Where?_______________________
When?_______________________
How did it end?________________
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Using Prior Knowledge
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
What I Know About Words
DIRECTIONS:
1. When you come to a word that you don’t know, write it in the
chart.
2. Think about what you know about the word. Does it have a
prefix or suffix you know? Is there a root word? Can you tell if
it’s a noun, verb, or adjective? Write what you know about the
word.
3. Look at the pictures for clues. Write these clues below.
4. From what you know the picture clues, and your reading, write
what you think the word might mean.
Word 1
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Word 2
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What I know about this
word:_____________________
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What I know about this
word:_____________________
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Picture clues tell me:
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Picture clues tell me:
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This word might mean
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This word might mean
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The 5 W’s and the News
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Read All About It!
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preview a newspaper article.
2. Now read the article and see how many of the 5W’s you can
answer.
3. After, draw and write to fill in the organizer with the
information you learned.
Preview Tip
By - line
Make sure you check
out the headline and
author, photos,
captions, maps,
graphs, and charts
Grand Opening
Of Pizza, Pizza!
By Mallery Blake
Music. Balloons. Games.
Rides. And of course,
pizza. Pizza, Pizza!
Owner Susan Melendez
promises all this and
more her restaurant
holds its grand opening
this Saturday at noon on
Main Street, near the
Green End Shopping
Plaza.
headline
who
what
when
where
Sequence
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Follow the Footsteps
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read a chapter.
2. As you read, think about the main events and the order in
which they happened
3. After you read, fill in footsteps with a sketch and/or a written
explanation of what you drew.
Title___________________________
Author________________________
Chapter title or number______
Idea Box
Here are some key
words that signal timeorder: First, It started
when, Second, Next,
Then, Later, Now As,
After, Finally, Last, At
the end
Compare and Contrast
Name: ______________________________ Date:__________
Venn Diagram
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read the book or article all the way through
2. Write the two people, places, or things to compare in the circles.
3. Draw or write shared traits in the center where the circles overlap.
4. Draw or write unique traits in each circle.
Title and Author: ____________________________________________________
A
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B
_________